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Project title: Disaster Preparedness by Ensuring Water and Sanitation (DPE-WATSAN) Facilities in Relief Shelters.
Donor: Irish Aid
Technical support: Concern Universal- Bangladesh (CUB)
Goal:
To reduce the morbidity and mortality caused by inadequate water and sanitation provision in emergency relief shelters in targeted areas of Bangladesh’s cyclone belt.
Objective:
- To provide safe water and sanitary latrines in 20 targeted cyclone shelters (in respect of SPHERE standards).
- To develop community awareness on use of safe water and sanitary latrines during and after disaster
- To develop community capacity on constriction, operation and management of water and sanitation facilities during emergencies.
Duration: One year (July 2009-June 2010)
Location & Target Coverage:
| Area Coverage |
Beneficiary/TG coverage |
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| Name of District | Name of Upazila/Thana | No. of union/Ward | No. of Village/Mahalla/Para | Categories | Direct | Indirect | Total |
| Coxs Bazar | Pekua and Moeshkhali | 6 | 84 | Male | 20,495 | 5,708 | 26,203 |
| Female | 22,305 | 6,855 | 29,160 | ||||
| Child | 8,717 | 10,349 | 19,066 | ||||
| Total | 51,517 | 22,910 | 74,427 | ||||
Major Activities:
- Awareness raising activities
- Capacity building/Training
- Workshop/Seminars/Meeting (Advocacy)
- Hard ware installation.
Target & Achievement:
| No |
Activities |
Target |
Achievement |
Remarks |
| 1 | Inception Phase: |
– |
|
|
| 1.1 | Recruitment |
5 |
5 |
|
| 1.2 | Project Orientation and foundation training |
1 |
1 |
|
| 1.3 | Situation analysis/Need assessment |
20 |
20 |
In Pekua and Moeshkhali Upazilla. |
| 1.4 | Activation of Shelter Management Committee |
20 |
20 |
|
| 1.5 | Formation of volunteer committee |
100 |
100 |
20 shelters 5 from each in Pekua and Moeshkhali Upazilla. |
| 1.6 | Activation word watsan task force |
20 |
20 |
In Pekua and Moeshkhali Upazilla. |
| 1.7 | Activation union watsan task force |
6 |
6 |
In Pekua and Moeshkhali Upazilla |
| 1.8 | Activation union disaster management committee |
6 |
6 |
In Pekua and Moeshkhali Upazilla |
| 2 | Awareness raising activities |
|
|
|
| 2.1 | Meeting with shelter management committee |
180 |
177 |
They are very much aware about the shelter management before and after disaster regarding the watsan facilities. |
| 2.2 | Meeting with volunteer committee in shelter catchments area. |
180 |
180 |
Community of shelter catchments area gradually get aware on use of sanitary latrine and shelter and watsan management during and after disaster. |
| 2.3 | Meeting with word watsan taskforce |
180 |
102 |
Previously the taskforce meeting did not held. The member were not conscious about the meeting. Word watsan taskforce is now aware for their responsibilities. Taskforce member growing awareness to their community people by meeting for ensuring disaster friendly watsan to their house hold. To proper management of cyclone shelters watsan facilities during the disaster period taskforce member act as change maker to their community. |
| 2.4 | Meeting with union watsan taskforce |
54 |
40 |
Previously the meeting did not held. They were not available and not to make conscious for task force meeting. They decided that in every union parishad meeting will discuss how they will ensure of disaster friendly watsan facilities in their community house hold. They are trying to forbid open defecation and increase of use of latrine and safe water users. |
| 2.5 | Meeting with union disaster management committee |
54 |
40 |
Previously the meeting did not held. They were not available and not to make conscious for task force meeting. They decided that in every union parishad meeting will discuss how they will ensure of disaster friendly watsan facilities in their community house hold. They are trying to forbid open defecation and increase of use of latrine and safe water users. |
| 2.6 | Courtyard meeting with female |
820 |
711 |
Volunteer training completed October’09. From October-November they conducted meeting. Now the house hold are aware about on disaster friendly watsan and importance use of sanitary toilets and safe water. They are trying to make safe from water born diseases and keep personal hygiene. They are practicing with soap before taking meal and after use toilet. |
| 2.7 | Community meeting with male |
180 |
177 |
Community male group now aware on their health and sanitation. They are creating mass awareness on disaster friendly toilet and tube-well and starting from their house hold. |
| 2.8 | Tea-stall session |
180 |
180 |
By tea-stall session people has knowledge about the preparation during disaster time and after disaster. The community people know the management of cyclone shelters during the disaster. |
| 2.9 | School sessions |
180 |
180 |
Children are the change maker for every family and community. Students much aware about on sanitary latrines and its use, safe water and personal hygiene. |
| 2.10 | Cultural/ Folk show |
24 |
23 |
|
| 3 | Capacity building/training |
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|
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| 3.1 | Training on watsan for staff |
1 |
1 |
Concern Universal- Bangladesh conducted. |
| 3.2 | Training on shelter management |
4 |
4 |
100 no. of trained in Pekua and Moeshkhali Upazilla. |
| 3.3 | Training on disaster friendly watsan technology and WSP for staff, vol, DSMC |
4 |
4 |
100 no. of volunteers trained. |
| 4 | Hard ware installation | |||
| 4.1 | Water option installation |
20 |
20 |
10 in Pekua Upazill and 10 in Moeshkhali Upazilla. |
| 4.2 | Latrine installation |
20 |
20 |
10 in Pekua Upazill and 10 in Moeshkhali Upazilla. |